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Great editorial on lack of transparency in DAG McCrory's administration

During both of his gubernatorial campaigns, Pat McCrory promised better transparency and said he would make it easier for the public to know what is going on in state government. Apparently he left out the disclaimer — “as long as they’re willing to pay for it.”

McCrory’s administration is setting a chilling precedent that could make it more difficult for average North Carolinians to get copies of public records that by law belong to the people. They’re your records, compiled and stored by people paid with your tax dollars. But McCrory and his top administrators have interpreted state law to mean they can charge exorbitant fees for fulfilling public records requests.

Just like everything else for sale in North Carolina's Republican-led government, information about the activities of this administration will cost you whatever the market can bear. That's what "running government like a business" is all about, and the only way to bring back sanity is to put the NC GOP back where it belongs, in the minority. Which brings us to the second (and more important) reason for putting up barriers to public records requests: to keep politically damaging facts from being exposed.

Comments

How many public records will you make available for no charge, as the law requires, Pat?

McCrory’s one-word reply: “None.”

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"I will have a priority on building relationships with the minority caucus. I want to put substance behind those campaign speeches." -- Thom Tillis, Nov. 5, 2014

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